[Biofuel] Law of Attraction
We've talked about this in other words, also in reference to the video What the Bleep Do We Know? This video expounds this issue further. You will need an hour and a half to view it. Well worth your time. In peace and light, Mike DuPree http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8593606660559945070sourceid=docidfeedhl=en___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] The Machinations Of The New World Order - The Farmer
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2006/10/11/the_machinations_of_the_new_world_order_the_farmer.htm The Machinations Of The New World Order - The Farmer Categories Control tactics Save the environment Third world plundering the independent farmer is the greatest threat to the power of the ruling elite the world over because the farmer can produce for himself. He can't starve. If all independent farmers produced only for personal consumption, the rest of the world can starve, the ruling elite can also starve [unless they eat Martian wheat or Plutonian meat], the square mile of Delhi, where the Indian ruling elite dwells will definitely starve, but not the farmers. If the independent farmer and the SMFs refused to sell their surplus to the food-MNCs (Multinational Corporations), that decision can destroy the global US$3.2 trillion food racket and make people so healthy that it would in turn destroy the US$466 billion pharmaceutical industry as well. Oh no, too much money is involved. Hence, the elaborate charade of farmer-friendly government, an elaborate mechanism to steal tax-payers money in the name of poor farmers,? brilliantly engineered by the Leftists and Socialists [chiefly Jawaharlal Nehru and his minions] since 1947. And all this money, running into trillions of rupees since 1947, has neither improved the lot of SMFs (Small to Medium Farms), nor helped create sustainable rural infrastructure. The money has simply evaporated and no questions are being asked ...The global food industry is worth 3.2 trillion US dollars and growing, possibly worth US$ 4 trillion. The food industry can maximize its profits only if it controls the farm workers and their land; that is the logic of food business Further to Fighting Globalism with Common Law the following paper, while based on the Indian situation, by Arun Shrivastava has a common thread to all. It is an incredible prospective on how control of our basic needs has systematically controlled. Exposure of these tactics is vital! Resistance creates time to awaken populations to disaster! A must read. It demonstrates how conventional method of farming traps small and marginal farmers into debt, a system of farming that was promoted by Swaminathan, a Rockefeller plant. Swaminathan exploited the desperate food situation in 1966 to the hilt: without critical appraisal of our indigenous system of farming, he vigorously pushed industrial farming methods, trapping farmers into spiraling cost of production financed by debt. This is how small independent farmers in North America were destroyed, to be replaced by industrial farmers. This is how Indian farmers are being destroyed. Despite the fact that 70% of India's voters are SMFs (Small to Medium Farms) living in 600,000 villages, and despite the fact that every politician ritually genuflects to these impoverished peasants at election time, not once the Government of India, or any state government of any political hue, has shown seriousness to pull them out of poverty, poor health, malnutrition, and illiteracy A common strand in nearly all development programmes for rural India is that they neither benefit the people, nor the local communities. In fact, these programmes not merely cause colossal wastage of tax-payers money; they actually create conditions for slow death by ignorance and filth and diseases while large corporations profit ...Dr John Coleman's research sheds a new light that forces one to view the present agrarian crisis in a new perspective, possibly never explored before by the Indian intellectuals, whatever that term means, particularly those who claim to represent the civil society; the official intellectuals are anyway deadwoods, co-opted side-kicks of the Rockefellers Mass dissidence primarily by the intellectual community is needed. Unfortunately they are so easily bought, just about in every field, else we should not be in this mess. They will continue to do the bidding of their controllers totally oblivious to the fact that they are next in line in the gravy train! See also: Global - The Decline of Transcendent Markets and the Rise of Fascism Following is a note by Arun. Chris Gupta See also: Non GM status Of Rice Threatened -- Dear friends I am writing against mass culling of India's farmers. My friends have already lodged a Public Interest Litigation to stop all slipping in of GE seeds, GM foods. Can't write much about it because the matter is pending in the court. I have written many articles on DU contamination of western India, published by globalresearch, the peoples voice, uruk.net, and others. I am now concentrating on how six forces are converging on all of us on earth...to cull useless eaters [Kissinger's language] we are all useless eatersthe bastards who control your country are the only useful eaters. Let's see.
[Biofuel] Non GM status of Indian rice threatened
Non GM status of Indian rice threatened Posted by: Chris Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdg0301 Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:06 pm (PST) The US Government is not only stealing genetic assets, it is deliberately promoting near lethal food worldwide. Genetic Engineering if not stopped will lead to the irreversible contamination of the world's food at the molecular level and in perpetuity. This demonstrates the seriousness of the crisis we face. The most recent incident of contamination has occurred with American Long Grain Rice. The announcement in August 2006 that an unapproved variety of genetically modified (GM) rice, i.e. not approved for human consumption, had been found at low levels in US long-grain rice shocked the global food industry. Bayer Crop Science's GM LL601RICE had last been grown in field trials in 2001 and was not intended for commercialization. Liberty Link 601 [LL601 rice] has been modified to be tolerant to Bayer's herbicide, Liberty (glufosinate), so farmers can use the weed-killer without harming the crop. The global marketing of unapproved GM rice has led to product withdrawals in Switzerland, Germany, France, Sweden, Ireland and the UK. Exports to Europe require certification that foods are GM-contaminant free. Japan has zero tolerance for GM crops, has halted rice imports from the USA, and is carrying out extensive tests to detect LL601contamination level and extent. It is obvious that there has been a cover-up. Most corporate crimes are committed with full knowledge of top management. Bayer knew about the contamination before it was discovered. So does Monsanto, despite its claims on its website that it operates through an Indian parent company. The Indian taxpayer is now paying Monsanto's debt. The people of India will continue to pay Monsanto with their lives and property. The repercussions of the Regulator's releases of GM foods in India will be global. Further to: http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2006/10/11/the_machinations_of_the_new_world_order_the_farmer.htmThe Machinations Of The New World Order - The Farmer the following is a must read and act on. Chris Gupta http://tinyurl.com/y7r6ey Non GM status of Indian rice threatened Big GM seeds buccaneers Versus The People of India The fight intensifies Arun Shrivastava The Indian Government is firmly under control of buccaneers of bio-technology and spurious Life Sciences multinational corporations. Despite rules to the contrary, GM experiments have been going on across India with the complicity of the Indian Government. Most importantly, the attack is now on rice. India is a centre of origin for rice and the centre for diversity for rice genes, in the same way as Mexico is for corn. It is therefore much more than just a rice country. This makes the Government's cavalier attitude to India's Non-GM status for rice, one of irresponsible criminal negligence. In embarking on high-risk field trials of GM-rice, it exposes our rice farmers to contamination by GM including transgenic contamination of wild species and the rice seed stock. If we Indians lose control over local rice seeds we lose our right to food and nutrition. We lose our sovereignty. Has the Government exercised due diligence? In granting permission for field trials, the Government of India has failed to protect the people's interest and health. The Supreme Court of India [SC] in its interim order [1st May 2006] in matter of a Public Interest Litigation [PIL] number 260 of 2006 had directed that all applications for field trials be routed via inter-ministerial Genetic Engineering Approvals Committee [GEAC]. This does not imply that the SC had given a carte blanche to GEAC to approve field trials; rather, the directive was to prevent one department [the Department of Biotechnology] from taking unilateral decisions and bring in some discipline. However, in the '67th Meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee' held on 22.05.2006, the GEAC brushed aside all such concerns and in utter defiance of the spirit of the Order it has rubberstamped an astonishing 91 GM products for multi-location trials [MLTs] 91 approvals in one meeting. Which forced the Supreme Court to pass another order on 20th September, 2006: [Whilst it is ] not inclined to direct stoppage of field trials. At the same time, [the Supreme Court] deem it appropriate to direct the GEAC to withhold the approvals till further directions are issued by this Court on hearing all concerned. [Record of Proceedings, Item No 9, Writ Petition No 260 of 2006; the Supreme Court of India] Not only approvals were rushed through in anticipation of a possible full spectrum ban on field trial in India, activists have been stone walled from obtaining information on locations and type of seeds being tested. It is only after petition under Right to Information [RTI Act of 2005] were filed that some information has been revealed by
[Biofuel] Good idea, Grow your own vit C
Since Big Pharma (with gov cooperation) is out to take away our vitamins, it's time to start growing your own. Maybe by the time the codex alimentarius is due to kick in, I believe it's 2009, you'll have some sea buckthorns with berries. Peace, D. Mindock grow your own vita C (and etc.) Posted by: Gail Raby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:00 pm (PST) Get some sea buckthorn seeds and grow your vita C. I have been growing herbs and plants for landscaping for a long time. If they were edible, that was cool, but the primary reason for growing them was their ornamental value. I guess now --- since the lame duck congress did their dastardly deed in the early morning hours (last chance for some to get that Big Pharm handout) --- I am going to start buying/seeding and growing the ones thatare primarily medicinal and vitamin or mineral dense. Sea buckthorn is one of those nutrient dense berry plants. I plan to order seeds of this ; so far I have not seen info on how long it takes before it bears fruit from seed. As to rose hips, many nurseries carry the rosa rugosa which is the one (if I remember correctly) that makes the huge rose hips, another source of Vita C complex. Maybe its time for us all to move to the country and start our own personal herb pharm. Horizon Herbs is another good source of medicinal herb seeds. Hope this info helps. (Hippophae Rhamnoides) Studies conducted in 20th century confirm numerous beneficial nutritional properties of Sea Buckthorn. The berries appear to be an unsurpassed natural source of vitamins A and several other carotenes, vitamin E and several other tocopherols. Sea Buckthorn berries are second only to Rose hips and Acerola in vitamin C content. They are also rich in several other vitamins, including B1, B2, K and P as well as in numerous flavonoids. Furthermore, the berries have remarkably high content of essential fatty acids and phytosterols. The EFA content in the Sea Buckthorn oil extract is 80 - 95%. Major EFAs are oleic (C18:1) and linoleic(C18:2). Others are pentadecenoic (C15:1), palmitoleic (C16:1), heptadecenoic (C17:1), linolenic (C18:3), eicosenoic (C20:1), eicosadienoic (C20:2), erucic (C22:1) and nervonic (C24:1). Among the carotenes found in Sea Buckthorn are alfa- and beta-carotenes, lycopene, cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, taraxanthin and phytofluin. Tocopherols are mostly represented by vitamin E and gamma-tocopherol. Phytosterols of Sea Buckthorn include beta-sitosterol, beta-amirol and erithrodiol. Sand Mountain has 25 seeds for $2.50: HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES North Eurasian tree of increasing economic importance. Orange berries are rich source of vitamins A and C, and make pleasing sauces, jellies and marmalades. The juice is used as a sweetener for herbal teas. Decoction used to treat skin eruptions. Seeds require 90 days stratification at 5C/40F to overcome dormancy. Price: $2.50/pkt If you want to buy a ready grown bush, check out ONE GREEN WORLD. Pretty pricey (20+ per plant) since you have to have both 2 shrubs -- both a male and female bush Still, they will most likely crop sooner than growing from seed, and you can even order a specific cultivar. Here is part of their blurb on this plant: Sea Berry is an extremely hardy and valuable fruiting plant. It is unique in its ability to produce crops in the most inhospitable areas. The fruit is very high in Vitamin C (about 7 times more than lemons), Vitamin A, and E, and has a pleasant acidic flavor which, when sweetened, makes delicious juice. During the Cold War, East Germany used Sea Berry as a healthful substitute for orange juice. The fruit is also unique for its oil content, which is used as a treatment for burns and skin diseases as well as for ulcers and other illnesses.We have attended three international Sea Berry conferences and have observed its cultivation and use in Germany, Russia, and China. Depending on the cultivar they grow 4-6 or 10-12 feet height and are hardy. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Chomsky - Historical Perspectives on Latin American and East Asian Regional Development
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15993.htm Historical Perspectives on Latin American and East Asian Regional Development By Noam Chomsky 12/26/06 Japan Focus http://www.japanfocus.org/products/details/2298 -- There was a meeting on the weekend of December 9-10 in Cochabamba in Bolivia of major South American leaders. It was a very important meeting. One index of its importance is that it was unreported, virtually unreported apart from the wire services. So every editor knew about it. Since I suspect you didn't read that wire service report, I'll read a few things from it to indicate why it was so important. The South American leaders agreed to create a high-level commission to study the idea of forming a continent-wide community similar to the European Union. This is the presidents and envoys of major nations, and there was the two-day summit of what's called the South American Community of Nations, hosted by Evo Morales in Cochabamba, the president of Bolivia. The leaders agreed to form a study group to look at the possibility of creating a continent-wide union and even a South American parliament. The result, according to the AP report, left fiery Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, long an agitator for the region, taking a greater role on the world stage, pleased, but impatient. It goes on to say that the discussion over South American unity will continue later this month, when MERCOSUR, the South American trading bloc, has its regular meeting that will include leaders from Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Paraguay and Uruguay. There is one -- has been one point of hostility in South America. That's Peru, Venezuela. But the article points out that Chavez and Peruvian President Alan Garcia took advantage of the summit to bury the hatchet, after having exchanged insults earlier in the year. And that is the only real conflict in South America at this time. So that seems to have been smoothed over. The new Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa proposed a land and river trade route linking the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest to Ecuador's Pacific Coast, suggesting that for South America, it could be kind of like an alternative to the Panama Canal. Chavez and Morales celebrated a new joint project, the gas separation plant in Bolivia's gas-rich region. It's a joint venture with Petrovesa (PDVSA, Petroleos de Venezuela, SA. Pronounced pedevesa), the Venezuelan oil company, and the Bolivian state energy company. And it continues. Venezuela is the only Latin American member of OPEC and has by far the largest proven oil reserves outside the Middle East, by some measures maybe even comparable to Saudi Arabia. There were also contributions, constructive, interesting contributions by Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, Michelle Bachelet of Chile, and others. All of this is extremely important. This is the first time since the Spanish conquests, 500 years, that there have been real moves toward integration in South America. The countries have been very separated from one another. And integration is going to be a prerequisite for authentic independence. There have been attempts at independence, but they've been crushed, often very violently, partly because of lack of regional support. Because there was very little regional cooperation, they could be picked off one by one. That's what has happened since the 1960s. The Kennedy administration orchestrated a coup in Brazil. It was the first of a series of falling dominoes. Neo-Nazi-style national security states spread across the hemisphere. Chile was one of them. Then there were Reagan's terrorist wars in the 1980s, which devastated Central America and the Caribbean. It was the worst plague of repression in the history of Latin America since the original conquests. But integration lays the basis for potential independence, and that's of extreme significance. Latin America's colonial history -- Spain, Europe, the United States -- not only divided countries from one another, it also left a sharp internal division within the countries, every one, between a very wealthy small elite and a huge mass of impoverished people. The correlation to race is fairly close. Typically, the rich elite was white, European, westernized; and the poor mass of the population was indigenous, Indian, black, intermingled, and so on. It's a fairly close correlation, and it continues right to the present. The white, mostly white, elites -- who ran the countries -- were not integrated with, had very few relations with, the other countries of the region. They were Western-oriented. You can see that in all sorts of ways. That's where the capital was exported. That's where the second homes were, where the children went to university, where their cultural connections were. And they had very little responsibility in their own societies. So there's a very sharp division. You can see the pattern in imports. Imports are
[Biofuel] World's 2nd largest oil field past its peak
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/localnews.asp?dismode=articleartid=37595069 Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:52:56 PM World's 2nd largest oil field past its peak By Peter J. Cooper KUWAIT: It was an incredible revelation last week that the second largest oil field in the world is exhausted and past its peak output. Yet that is what the Kuwait Oil Company revealed about its Burgan field. The peak output of the Burgan oil field will now be around 1.7 million barrels per day, and not the two million barrels per day forecast for the rest of the field's 30 to 40 years of life, Chairman Farouk Al-Zanki told Bloomberg. He said that engineers had tried to maintain 1.9 million barrels per day but that 1.7 million is the optimum rate. Kuwait will now spend some $3 million a year for the next year to boost output and exports from other fields. However, it is surely a landmark moment when the world's second largest oil field begins to run dry. For Burgan has been pumping oil for almost 60 years and accounts for more than half of Kuwait's proven oil reserves. This is also not what forecasters are currently assuming. Last week the International Energy Agency's report said output from the Greater Burgan area will be 1.64 million barrels a day in 2020 and 1.53 million barrels per day in 2030. Is this now a realistic scenario? The news about the Burgan oil field also lends credence to the controversial opinions of investment banker and geologist Matthew Simmons. His book 'Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy' claims that ageing Saudi oil fields also face serious production falls. The implications for the global economy are indeed serious. If the world oil supply begins to run dry then the upward pressure on oil prices will be inexorable. For the oil producers this will come as a compensation for declining output, and cushion them against an economic collapse. However, the oil consumers then face a major energy crisis. Industrialized economies are still far too dependent on oil. And the pricing mechanism of declining oil reserves will press them into further diversification of energy supplies, particularly nuclear, wind and solar power. All this was foreshadowed in the energy crisis of the late 1970s when a serious inflection in oil supply by the year 2000 was clearly forecast. How ironic that those earlier forecasts now look correct, while more modern and recent forecasts begin to look over optimistic and out-of-date with geological reality. Nobody can change the geology, and forces of nature that laid down reserves of oil and gas over millions and millions of years. Could it be that we have been blinded by technological advances into thinking that there is some way to beat nature? The natural world has an uncanny ability to hit back at the arrogance of man, and perhaps a reassessment of reality at this point is called for, rather than a reliance on oil statistics that may owe more to political manoeuvring than geological facts. - AME Info FZ LLC. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Why did Russia and China vote to sanction Iran?
Lots of hotlinked refs in the website version. See also: Early use by the United States of low-yield nuclear bombs with better bunker-busting ability than conventional bombs targeting Iranian nuclear, chemical and missile installations would be consistent with the new U.S. nuclear weapons doctrine and could be argued to be necessary to protect the lives of 150,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq and of Israeli citizens. It would also send a clear message to Iran that any response would be answered by a far more devastating nuclear attack, thus potentially saving both American and Iranian lives. -- America's nuclear ticking bomb | The San Diego Union-Tribune By Jorge Hirsch January 3, 2006 http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060103/news_mz1e3hirsch.html The IAEA resolution of September 24 2005 allows the United States to carry out a nuclear attack against Iran legally. IAEA resolution: http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Board/2005/gov2005-77.pdf -- A 'Legal' US Nuclear Attack Against Iran by Jorge Hirsch November 12, 2005 http://www.antiwar.com/orig/hirsch.php?articleid=8007 All the elements have been put in place carefully and methodically for the U.S. to use tactical nuclear weapons against Iran in a way that will seem acceptable at first sight, as discussed in previous columns: the new nuclear doctrine, the nuclear hitmen, the weapons, the justification, the legal framework, and the public mindset. -- America and Iran: At the Brink of the Abyss by Jorge Hirsch February 20, 2006 http://www.antiwar.com/orig/hirsch.php?articleid=8577 -- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15985.htm Why did Russia and China vote to sanction Iran? By Jorge Hirsch 12/26/06 Information Clearing House -- -- In the aftermath of the Dec. 23 United Nations Security Council unanimous vote imposing sanctions or Iran for failing to suspend uranium enrichment (see text of resolution here), one has to wonder: why did Russia and China go along with it? Iran's pursuit of uranium enrichment for civilian nuclear purposes is allowed by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the IAEA has found no indication that Iran has diverted any nuclear material to military purposes. While Russia may prefer for its own reasons that Iran not enrich uranium, it fully recognizes that Iran's pursuit is legal under international law. Furthermore, as Western news media constantly emphasize, Russia and China have extensive commercial ties with Iran, hence it is not in their interest to antagonize Iran. Their support of UNSC1737 doesn't seem to make sense. The UNSC vote is ominous because it allows Bush to cut and paste from his March 17th 2003 speech on the impending Iraq attack, substituting q for n: * The (Iraqi) Iranian regime has used diplomacy as a ploy to gain time and advantage. It has uniformly defied Security Council resolutions * [The regime] has a deep hatred of America and our friends. And it has aided, trained and harbored terrorists, including operatives of al Qaeda. (see 9/11 commission report) * Recognizing the threat to our country, the United States Congress voted overwhelmingly last year (to support the use of force against Iraq) to hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior. * America tried to work with the United Nations to address this threat because we wanted to resolve the issue peacefully. * For the last four-and-a-half months, the United States and our allies have worked within the Security Council to enforce that Council's long-standing demands. Yet, some permanent members of the Security Council have publicly announced they will veto any resolution that compels (the disarmament of Iraq) the denuclearization of Iran. These governments share our assessment of the danger, but not our resolve to meet it. * The United Nations Security Council has not lived up to its responsibilities, so we will rise to ours. * Should (Saddam Hussein) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad choose confrontation, the American people can know that every measure has been taken to avoid war, and every measure will be taken to win it. * [T]he only way to reduce the harm and duration of war is to apply the full force and might of our military, and we are prepared to do so. In the case of Iran, this last statement would be especially ominous, because it would signal that the US will use nuclear weapons against Iran. Recall that Bush has explicitly refused to take the option of a US nuclear strike against Iran off the table. Many other statements in the March 17th 2003 speech apply even better to Iran than they did to Iraq. Inteligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised was false, but that Iran is enriching uranium is true. Saddam could not disarm of weapons it didn't have, but Iran could bow to Bush's demand and stop its nuclear
[Biofuel] Iran's oil exports could decline to zero in less than a decade
http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=173850srvc=news BostonHerald.com - International: Report says Iran's oil exports could decline to zero in less than a decade By Associated Press Monday, December 25, 2006 - Updated: 06:04 PM EST WASHINGTON - Iran is suffering a staggering decline in revenue from its oil exports, and if the trend continues income could virtually disappear by 2015, according to an analysis released Monday by the National Academy of Sciences. Iran's economic woes could make the country unstable and vulnerable, with its oil industry crippled, Roger Stern, an economic geographer at Johns Hopkins University, said in the report and in an interview. Iran earns about $50 billion a year in oil exports. The decline is estimated at 10 to 12 percent annually. In less than five years exports could be halved and then disappear by 2015, Stern predicted. For two decades, far longer than its designation by President Bush in January 2002 as part of the axis of evil, the United States has deployed military forces in the region in a strategy to pre-empt emergence of a regional superpower. Iraq was stopped in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, but a hostile Iran remains a target of U.S. threats. The U.S. military exercises have not stopped Iran's drive. But the report said the country could be destabilized by declining oil exports, hostility to foreign investment to develop new oil resources and poor state planning, Stern said. The analysis supports U.S. and European suspicions that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons in violation of international understandings. But, Stern says, there could be merit to Iran's assertion that it needs nuclear power for civilian purposes as badly as it claims. He said oil production is declining and both gas and oil are being sold domestically at highly subsidized rates. At the same time, Iran is neglecting to reinvest in its oil production. With an explosive demand at home and poor management, the appeal of nuclear power, financed by Russia, could fill a real need for production of more electricity. Iran produces about 3.7 million barrels a day, about 300,000 barrels below the quota set for Iran by the oil cartel, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The shortfall represents a loss of about $5.5 billion a year, Stern said. In 2004, Iran's oil profits were 65 percent of the government's revenues. If we look at that shortfall, and failure to rectify leaks in their refineries, that adds up to a loss of about $10 billion to $11 billion a year, he said. That is a picture of an industry in collapse. If the United States can hold its breath for a few years it may find Iran a much more conciliatory country, he said. And that, Stern said, is good reason to belay any instinct to take on Iran militarily. What they are doing to themselves is much worse than anything we could do, he said. The one thing that would unite the country right now is to bomb them, Stern said. Here is one problem that might solve itself. © Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Fwd: [PSI_corps] Re: it figures.
The bottom link is a MUST SEE Kirk PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: Wal-Mart is being investigated for falsely advertising conventional products as organic. The Cornucopia Institute has discovered that a number of Wal-Mart stores are defrauding consumers by labeling products as organic that were grown with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. A formal legal complaint has been filed with the USDA asking the agency to investigate allegations of illegal organic food distribution by Wal- Mart Stores, Inc. Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_3364.cfm; check this one out too ... awful on so many levels i'm speechless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7chp-EiVOsmode=relatedsearch= __._,_.___ . __,_._,___ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Anyone done an EV conversion?
I am in the process of doing a conversion of a 1974 ford courier pickup -- lots of weight capacity, but only a 2,500lb vehical empty. I haven't decided whether to do an AC or DC drive system yet (about $5,000 for the DC, or $8,000 for the AC). But if I do a DC, I'll definitly do about 156VDC or higher. The higher the voltage, the higher the power you can get from the same motor -- a ford ranger conversion with the 156 volt DC drive system can keep up 70+ on the highway even on hills -- better than my old diesel truck -- till the batteries start going dead at least. The AC systems are about 300 volt battery bank.I second the suggestion to read Bob Brant's book. If you just want to tool around the flatland at 30mph, the van should be fine, even with a 96 volt system... but not on hills or highways. I have a friend who has a electric gorilla (basically an ATV). It's only 36 volts, and can pull a tandem axle trailer with a car on it around the yard. Torque. On 12/27/06, William Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I should have specified - battery to vehicle weight 30% or greater. Oregon Bob - Original Message - From: William Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Anyone done an EV conversion? Read Bob Brant's book Build Your Own Electric Vehicle. He say s 30% or greater. Good Luck, Oregon Bob - Original Message - From: Luke Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:03 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Anyone done an EV conversion? I'm thinking of attempting a conversion on my 1976 Chevy 1/2 ton van. Maybe a simple 96-volt system...series wire eight 12V car batteries that I find lying around. The range would suck, but this is more just for shits and giggles anyways. Also, feel free to shoot me down here, but I've heard of folks using their starter motors as drive motors for the cars themselves...anyone care to comment? Thanks, Luke __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Anyone done an EV conversion?
The fellow at redrok solar has the cleverest battery controller I have seen. Each cell is idividually controlled so you can run the max out of a bank. Also is simple in the sense exotic magnetics arent involved. You just select in 2v increments your power. As a cell drops a fresher cell is substituted so the hottest are used. Damn clever. Kirk Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the process of doing a conversion of a 1974 ford courier pickup -- lots of weight capacity, but only a 2,500lb vehical empty. I haven't decided whether to do an AC or DC drive system yet (about $5,000 for the DC, or $8,000 for the AC). But if I do a DC, I'll definitly do about 156VDC or higher. The higher the voltage, the higher the power you can get from the same motor -- a ford ranger conversion with the 156 volt DC drive system can keep up 70+ on the highway even on hills -- better than my old diesel truck -- till the batteries start going dead at least. The AC systems are about 300 volt battery bank. I second the suggestion to read Bob Brant's book. If you just want to tool around the flatland at 30mph, the van should be fine, even with a 96 volt system... but not on hills or highways. I have a friend who has a electric gorilla (basically an ATV). It's only 36 volts, and can pull a tandem axle trailer with a car on it around the yard. Torque. On 12/27/06, William Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I should have specified - battery to vehicle weight 30% or greater. Oregon Bob - Original Message - From: William Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Anyone done an EV conversion? Read Bob Brant's book Build Your Own Electric Vehicle. He say s 30% or greater. Good Luck, Oregon Bob - Original Message - From: Luke Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:03 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Anyone done an EV conversion? I'm thinking of attempting a conversion on my 1976 Chevy 1/2 ton van. Maybe a simple 96-volt system...series wire eight 12V car batteries that I find lying around. The range would suck, but this is more just for shits and giggles anyways. Also, feel free to shoot me down here, but I've heard of folks using their starter motors as drive motors for the cars themselves...anyone care to comment? Thanks, Luke __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Good idea, Grow your own vit C
Actually you will do better than now as many vitamins are synthetic and suffer from the problem of non biologically active isomer. Sprouts are better than most B complex as they are the real deal. Likewise 8 hens in a moveable hen enclosure and fed fresh greens make healthy eggs. Eggs from the store are - bluntly and honestly stated - crap. You waste your money buying them. Without a rooster your neighbors may not even know you have them. My uncle in North Hollywood Ca kept them in his backyard. Just need to keep them from wandering. If you rely on pharma and allopaths you are in for a big disappointment. Maybe a long healthy life is not on your list of desireables. In that case. . . BTW I think anyone who starts gallon plants and sells them to those needing C etc are doing a good work. Can become a nice business too. The whores did a test of C, E and another forget which showing vitamins dont help. My friend in the quantities they used they dont. The C dosage was 1/4 gram per day. This is consistent with the ridiculous daily allowance advocated by them so all should become clear. Kirk BTW vitamin tests in which no distinction is made re isomers is useless as well The synthetic isomer which does not work is worse than just filler. It binds the receptor site but the reaction does not proceed. Thats why herbs usually work far better than drugstore pills. The pharma people know this but rig tests and studies to get the results they want. D. Mindock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since Big Pharma (with gov cooperation) is out to take away our vitamins, it's time to start growing your own. Maybe by the time the codex alimentarius is due to kick in, I believe it's 2009, you'll have some sea buckthorns with berries. Peace, D. Mindock grow your own vita C (and etc.) Posted by: Gail Raby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:00 pm (PST) Get some sea buckthorn seeds and grow your vita C. I have been growing herbs and plants for landscaping for a long time. If they were edible, that was cool, but the primary reason for growing them was their ornamental value. I guess now --- since the lame duck congress did their dastardly deed in the early morning hours (last chance for some to get that Big Pharm handout) --- I am going to start buying/seeding and growing the ones thatare primarily medicinal and vitamin or mineral dense. Sea buckthorn is one of those nutrient dense berry plants. I plan to order seeds of this ; so far I have not seen info on how long it takes before it bears fruit from seed. As to rose hips, many nurseries carry the rosa rugosa which is the one (if I remember correctly) that makes the huge rose hips, another source of Vita C complex. Maybe its time for us all to move to the country and start our own personal herb pharm. Horizon Herbs is another good source of medicinal herb seeds. Hope this info helps. (Hippophae Rhamnoides) Studies conducted in 20th century confirm numerous beneficial nutritional properties of Sea Buckthorn. The berries appear to be an unsurpassed natural source of vitamins A and several other carotenes, vitamin E and several other tocopherols. Sea Buckthorn berries are second only to Rose hips and Acerola in vitamin C content. They are also rich in several other vitamins, including B1, B2, K and P as well as in numerous flavonoids. Furthermore, the berries have remarkably high content of essential fatty acids and phytosterols. The EFA content in the Sea Buckthorn oil extract is 80 - 95%. Major EFAs are oleic (C18:1) and linoleic(C18:2). Others are pentadecenoic (C15:1), palmitoleic (C16:1), heptadecenoic (C17:1), linolenic (C18:3), eicosenoic (C20:1), eicosadienoic (C20:2), erucic (C22:1) and nervonic (C24:1). Among the carotenes found in Sea Buckthorn are alfa- and beta-carotenes, lycopene, cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, taraxanthin and phytofluin. Tocopherols are mostly represented by vitamin E and gamma-tocopherol. Phytosterols of Sea Buckthorn include beta-sitosterol, beta-amirol and erithrodiol. Sand Mountain has 25 seeds for $2.50: HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES North Eurasian tree of increasing economic importance. Orange berries are rich source of vitamins A and C, and make pleasing sauces, jellies and marmalades. The juice is used as a sweetener for herbal teas. Decoction used to treat skin eruptions. Seeds require 90 days stratification at 5C/40F to overcome dormancy. Price: $2.50/pkt If you want to buy a ready grown bush, check out ONE GREEN WORLD. Pretty pricey (20+ per plant) since you have to have both 2 shrubs -- both a male and female bush Still, they will most likely crop sooner than growing from seed, and you can even order a specific cultivar. Here is part of their blurb on this plant: Sea Berry is an extremely hardy and valuable fruiting plant. It is unique in its ability to produce crops in the most inhospitable areas. The fruit is very high in Vitamin
Re: [Biofuel] Water Powered Engine / Electrolysis
The problem is this. The electrolyser is 70% efficient best case. The engine is 30% efficient best case - in use probably 8% So we have .7 x .3 = .21 conversion of electricity to rear wheel power best case. And what losses are associated with the electricity? they make the 21 % even lower and what powered the electricity? Websites like this are a cruel joke at best. If photovoltaics were free and ran an electrolyzer during the day to charge a hydride tank that you could refill from when you got home then a hydrogen vehicle would be viable. Better yet a fuel cell to escape the low efficiency of thermal processes. Fuel cells of 50% efficiency can be purchased now. Then a fuel cell electric car. Or 2 battery banks rotated daily - that may get you above 80% on storage/transport of power. Likewise 90% on electric motors can be achieved. Burning hydrogen in internal combustion is wasteful. Kirk Andrew Katerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just trying to pick the brains of the rest of the world This is pertaining to gasoline engines being run off of hydrogen from an electrolysis reaction onboard the vehicle. http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/feb2/carplans_doc.htm What is the probability of this working correctly? Anyone done it? Thanks, Andrew ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Law of Attraction
Thanks Mike Kirk MK DuPree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've talked about this in other words, also in reference to the video What the Bleep Do We Know? This video expounds this issue further. You will need an hour and a half to view it. Well worth your time. In peace and light, Mike DuPree http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8593606660559945070sourceid=docidfeedhl=en __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Methanol Suppliers
I get it from a local oil and fuel supplier. They supply gas stations and businesses with fuel and lubes. I just got some 2 weeks ago $3.22 gal it is considered of road fuel so no road tax on it. They don't ask what i am doing with it and I don't tell them it's for bio D since its not going to be used as fuel. I feel that's not so bad. But that tax issue is a whole different subject. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Dunn Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 7:41 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] Methanol Suppliers Hi all, I need a better supply of methanol. My local supplier is charging $5.75/gallon. AND, I have to call ahead so they can re-package it. Can anyone point me to a better source in south central Pennsylvania? Or, I suppose, I'd be willing to have it shipped but, I'd prefer to buy as locally as possible. Thanks, Ken ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Soap formation
If you have a complete reaction to biodiesel will soap form from the biodiesel? I mean if you put lye and water into it would it form soap or would it be incapable of forming soap? Logan vilas ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] The History of U.S.Torture
http://www.japanfocus.org/products/details/2291 Japan Focus The History of U.S.Torture By Alfred W. McCoy In April 2004, Americans were stunned when CBS broadcast those now-notorious photographs from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, showing hooded Iraqis stripped naked while U.S. soldiers stood by smiling. As this scandal grabbed headlines around the globe, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted that the abuses were perpetrated by a small number of U.S. military, whom New York Times' columnist William Safire soon branded creeps--a line that few in the press had reason to challenge. When I looked at these photos, I did not see snapshots of simple brutality or a breakdown in military discipline. After more than a decade of studying the Philippine military's torture techniques for a monograph published by Yale back 1999, I could see the tell-tale signs of the CIA's psychological methods. For example, that iconic photo of a hooded Iraqi with fake electrical wires hanging from his extended arms shows, not the sadism of a few creeps, but instead the two key trademarks of the CIA's psychological torture. The hood was for sensory disorientation. The arms were extended for self-inflicted pain. It was that simple; it was that obvious. After making that argument in an op-ed for the Boston Globe two weeks after CBS published the photos, I began exploring the historical continuity, the connections, between the CIA torture research back in the 1950s and Abu Ghraib in 2004. By using the past to interrogate the present, I published a book titled A Question of Torture last January that tracks the trail of an extraordinary historical and institutional continuity through countless pages of declassified documents. The findings are disturbing and bear directly upon the ongoing bitter debate over torture that culminated in the enactment of the Military Commissions law just last October. From 1950 to 1962, the CIA led a secret research effort to crack the code of human consciousness, a veritable Manhattan project of the mind with costs that reached a billion dollars a year. Many have heard about the most outlandish and least successful aspect of this research -- the testing of LSD on unsuspecting subjects and the tragic death of a CIA employee, Dr. Frank Olson, who jumped to his death from a New York hotel after a dose of this drug. This Agency drug testing, the focus of countless sensational press accounts and a half-dozen major books, led nowhere. But obscure CIA-funded behavioral experiments, outsourced to the country's leading universities, produced two key findings, both duly and dully reported in scientific journals, that contributed to the discovery of a distinctly American form of torture: psychological torture. With funding from Canada's Defense Research Board, famed Canadian psychologist Dr. Donald O. Hebb found that he could induce a state akin to psychosis in just 48 hours. What had the doctor done-drugs, hypnosis, electroshock? No, none of the above. Donald Hebb, 1970 For two days, student volunteers at McGill University, where Dr. Hebb was chair of Psychology, simply sat in comfortable cubicles deprived of sensory stimulation by goggles, gloves, and ear muffs. One of Hebb's subjects, University of California-Berkeley English professor Peter Dale Scott, has described the impact of this experience in his 1992 epic poem, Listening to the Candle: nothing in those weeks added up yet the very aimlessness preconditioning my mind of sensory deprivation as a paid volunteer in the McGill experiment for the US Air Force (two CIA reps at the meeting) my ears sore from their earphones' amniotic hum my eyes under two bulging halves of ping pong balls arms covered to the tips with cardboard tubes those familiar hallucination I was the first to report as for example the string of cut-out paper men emerging from a manhole in the side of a snow-white hill distinctly two-dimensional Dr. Hebb himself reported that after just two to three days of such isolation the subject's very identity had begun to disintegrate. If you compare a drawing of Dr. Hebb's student volunteers published in Scientific American with later photos of Guantanamo detainees, the similarity is, for good reason, striking. During the 1950s as well, two eminent neurologists at Cornell Medical Center working for the CIA found that the KGB's most devastating torture technique involved, not crude physical beatings, but simply forcing the victim to stand for days at time-while the legs swelled, the skin erupted in suppurating lesions, the kidneys shut down, hallucinations began. Again, it you look at those hundreds of photos from Abu Ghraib you will see repeated use of this method, now called stress positions. After codification in its 1963 KUBARK manual, the CIA spent the next thirty years propagating these torture techniques within the US intelligence community and among
[Biofuel] U.S. Embassy Is Warning Beijing on Iran Gas Deal
http://www.nysun.com/article/45816?page_no=1 - December 28, 2006 - The New York Sun U.S. Embassy Is Warning Beijing on Iran Gas Deal By ELI LAKE Staff Reporter of the Sun December 28, 2006 WASHINGTON - The Bush administration and Congress are warning that a proposed $16 billion deal between a Chinese company and Iran could trigger economic penalties under an American law aimed at starving Iran of funding for terrorism and nuclear weapons. Officials at the American embassy in China delivered a demarche Saturday in Beijing. They demanded an explanation of the deal from Chinese government officials and warned them that it could trigger a 1996 law, the Iran Libya Sanctions Act. The law prohibits foreign firms that invest more than $10 million in Iran's energy sector from raising capital in American financial markets. The Democrat from California who will take over next week as chairman of the House International Relations Committee, Tom Lantos, said his panel will closely examine the deal next week to see if the sanctions would apply. The ranking Republican on that committee, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican from Florida, said she will also be looking closely at the deal. The Chinese company involved in the deal, the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC, is state controlled but has some independent directors, including a former vice chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company attracted American press attention in 2005, when it launched a $18.5 billion bid for the American oil company Unocal that it eventually withdrew amid congressional opposition. The deal with Iran will test the effectiveness of the recently reauthorized Iran Libya Sanctions Act, which was originally championed by a senator from New York, Alfonse D'Amato. The deal also poses a direct challenge to America's financial war against Iran. For the past year, the Treasury Department has discreetly pressured Japanese and European banks to divest from Iran and end their relations with Iranian companies and banks, warning that such deals could risk the banks' own access to American financial markets. Because the Iran- China deal was announced on December 22, only a day before the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions against Iran's nuclear program, it also signaled China's willingness to soften any economic blow to the new sanctions would inflict on Iran. Others say that the China- Iran deal is driven on the Chinese side not by geopolitical considerations but strictly by economics, as China struggles to find affordable energy to support its booming economic growth. Yesterday, a State Department official who requested anonymity said Foggy Bottom was trying to determine whether the deal with CNOOC is to purchase liquefied gas or whether it would actually entail CNOOC's investment in new facilities in Iran to liquefy the natural gas for export. Obviously, if this would involve some investment in gas liquefication facilities - we don't know that it does - then that would be a violation of the Iran Libya Sanctions Act. A strict purchase raises political concerns, but not legal concerns, the official said. When asked about those political concerns, the official said, It would mean the Iranians would have another $16 billion for international terrorism and to pursue weapons programs. Lawmakers were similarly blunt in warning of the consequences of the deal. Mr. Lantos said, When the Congress convenes next week, the International Relations Committee will closely examine the reported $16 Billion Memorandum of Understanding China's state-owned oil company signed with Iran to develop Iranian gas fields. He added that his committee would specifically examine whether the deal would trigger penalties envisioned under the new Iran sanctions law. China needs to be warned of the serious penalties it may incur if it pursues implementation of this agreement, he said. Ms. Ros-Lehtinen said she would examine whether the deal would trigger penalties. If this investment is confirmed, I will seek to ensure that this Chinese entity is penalized to the fullest extent. Chinese entities have a nefarious history of providing critical assistance to rogue regimes for their missile and unconventional weapons programs, and China also provides an economic lifeline to these threats to global peace and security, she said. As such, we must carefully review any activity that would indirectly benefit or reward Chinese rogue clients like Iran and Syria. Despite the tough talk, there is no precedent for enforcing the ten-year-old secondary sanctions that are on the books for foreign investments in Iran's energy sector. When Russia's Gazprom, France's Total and Malaysia's Petronas companies signed a $2 billion deal to develop Iran's South Pars gas field in 1997, the Clinton administration waived any sanctions required by law. The
[Biofuel] Hopeful Signs For Global Justice
http://www.alternet.org/stories/45979/ AlterNet: Hopeful Signs For Global Justice By Mark Engler, TomPaine.com. Posted December 28, 2006. Despite the challenges presented by the current administration, the global justice movement has made impressive strides. To read the headlines in the morning papers during these Bush years is too often an exercise in exasperation, as each day's new outrages seem to top the last. But hidden quietly on the inside pages, and rumbling through alternative news sources, there is also a more encouraging story: Despite the challenges presented by the current administration, the global justice movement has made impressive strides in recent years. Arguments for trade and development policies that truly address poverty and serve working people have moved from the left margins into the mainstream of international debate. The paradigm of neoliberalism that dominated world development for two decades has been steadily losing legitimacy. And, in its wake, some important spaces for building alternatives have appeared. Whether in the Democratic sweep of the midterm elections, in the eruption of domestic protests supporting immigrant rights, in the leftward realignment of Latin American politics, in the collapse of the Doha round of talks at the World Trade Organization, or in extended victories in issues like debt relief, these trends continued in exciting ways in 2006. Given that Bill Clinton's Democrats were the party of NAFTA, and that the Dems continue to rely on big money from corporate America, many global justice activists have long grown skeptical that a push for real change can be led from Capitol Hill. While this view has merit, the Democratic landslide nevertheless represented a serious blow to the reactionary Bush administration, and you would have to be unusually jaded not to see any bright spots in the electoral sweep. In fact, in terms of trade and development issues, the midterm elections helped foster a major realignment within the Democratic Party away from a corporate globalization agenda. As the watchdogs at Public Citizen have documented, seven seats in the Senate and 28 in the House changed hands from free trade to fair trade advocates, who support using international agreements to promote stronger labor and environmental protections. Important wins include those of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a steadfast critic of neoliberalism, and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, long-time activist and author of Myths of Free Trade: Why American Trade Policy Has Failed. November 7 also produced numerous state- and community-level victories, bringing into office grassroots leaders who see their local work in an internationalist context. As just one example, longtime global justice champion Mark Ritchie, founder and former executive director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, was elected as Secretary of State in Minnesota, and will be leading the effort to make the state a model for conducting clean and fair elections. Another type of democracy -- more colorful and direct -- was on display in the streets this year. Most notably, 2006 witnessed a wave of massive demonstrations in favor of immigrant rights. In March, a 750,000-person mobilization in Los Angeles staked a claim as an historic event, only to be topped by a march of over a million people in that city on May 1. Such demonstrations were mirrored throughout the country, and coordinated actions were held in over 100 cities nationwide in a matter of weeks. The demonstrations gave voice to some of the most marginalized members of our society: immigrants who help prepare our food, clean our hotels and homes, and care for our children. While it is not yet possible to discern the full political significance of the immigrant rights movement, the inspiring actions challenged us to see the connections between hardship abroad and the struggle for justice at home. And they suggested that a not-so-sleepy giant awaits politicians who promote exclusion and xenophobia. It was also an election year throughout Latin America, and citizens in many parts of the region continued to reject pro-corporate models of economic progress. Chileans elected their first woman president, Michelle Bachelet, a left-leaning doctor whose family was imprisoned by the Pinochet dictatorship in the 1970s. Voters in Brazil reelected former union leader Lula da Silva. And Hugo Chávez also won a decisive reelection in Venezuela, garnering broad support for his New Deal-style social programs. In Ecuador, voters chose economist Rafael Correa, an ardent opponent of the Washington Consensus, over a banana magnate who happened to be the wealthiest man in the country. Perhaps the most impressive of the leaders has been Evo Morales, the first indigenous president of Bolivia. Morales, who took office in January, has since shocked the international business press by actually delivering
Re: [Biofuel] Water Powered Engine / Electrolysis
What this amounts to is a really lousy, incompetent attempt at a perpetual motion machine. You have to put in the energy to separate the hydrogen from the oxygen, then you get back the same energy when they recombine. There would be no surplus to run the vehicle even if every stage was perfectly efficient, which they are very far from being. Doug Woodard St, Catharines, Ontario, Canada Just trying to pick the brains of the rest of the world This is pertaining to gasoline engines being run off of hydrogen from an electrolysis reaction onboard the vehicle. http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/feb2/carplans_doc.htm What is the probability of this working correctly? Anyone done it? Thanks, Andrew ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] The History of U.S.Torture
This is incredibly frightening. We Australians have a citizen (even if he may be guilty of a crime: even perhaps his own stupidity) who is held in Guantanamo Bay. Our Government, led by an ultra-conservative refuses to let David Hicks be tried under Australian law, but lets him remain as the last (to my knowledge) person of European background held at Guantanamo Bay. There is no way David will ever receive a fair trial in a military US court. David should be returned to Australia, to face a civil court if he has actually broken any Australian laws. David has been held in the US, without charge, tortured (by the methods mentioned below), and treated inhumanely for the past 5 years. Please free David Hicks from US custody now! Treat the other detainees fairly, give them a fair civil trial. regards Doug On Friday 29 December 2006 3:00, Keith Addison wrote: http://www.japanfocus.org/products/details/2291 Japan Focus The History of U.S.Torture By Alfred W. McCoy In April 2004, Americans were stunned when CBS broadcast those now-notorious photographs from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, showing hooded Iraqis stripped naked while U.S. soldiers stood by smiling. As this scandal grabbed headlines around the globe, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted that the abuses were perpetrated by a small number of U.S. military, whom New York Times' columnist William Safire soon branded creeps--a line that few in the press had reason to challenge. When I looked at these photos, I did not see snapshots of simple brutality or a breakdown in military discipline. After more than a decade of studying the Philippine military's torture techniques for a monograph published by Yale back 1999, I could see the tell-tale signs of the CIA's psychological methods. For example, that iconic photo of a hooded Iraqi with fake electrical wires hanging from his extended arms shows, not the sadism of a few creeps, but instead the two key trademarks of the CIA's psychological torture. The hood was for sensory disorientation. The arms were extended for self-inflicted pain. It was that simple; it was that obvious. After making that argument in an op-ed for the Boston Globe two weeks after CBS published the photos, I began exploring the historical continuity, the connections, between the CIA torture research back in the 1950s and Abu Ghraib in 2004. By using the past to interrogate the present, I published a book titled A Question of Torture last January that tracks the trail of an extraordinary historical and institutional continuity through countless pages of declassified documents. The findings are disturbing and bear directly upon the ongoing bitter debate over torture that culminated in the enactment of the Military Commissions law just last October. From 1950 to 1962, the CIA led a secret research effort to crack the code of human consciousness, a veritable Manhattan project of the mind with costs that reached a billion dollars a year. Many have heard about the most outlandish and least successful aspect of this research -- the testing of LSD on unsuspecting subjects and the tragic death of a CIA employee, Dr. Frank Olson, who jumped to his death from a New York hotel after a dose of this drug. This Agency drug testing, the focus of countless sensational press accounts and a half-dozen major books, led nowhere. But obscure CIA-funded behavioral experiments, outsourced to the country's leading universities, produced two key findings, both duly and dully reported in scientific journals, that contributed to the discovery of a distinctly American form of torture: psychological torture. With funding from Canada's Defense Research Board, famed Canadian psychologist Dr. Donald O. Hebb found that he could induce a state akin to psychosis in just 48 hours. What had the doctor done-drugs, hypnosis, electroshock? No, none of the above. Donald Hebb, 1970 For two days, student volunteers at McGill University, where Dr. Hebb was chair of Psychology, simply sat in comfortable cubicles deprived of sensory stimulation by goggles, gloves, and ear muffs. One of Hebb's subjects, University of California-Berkeley English professor Peter Dale Scott, has described the impact of this experience in his 1992 epic poem, Listening to the Candle: nothing in those weeks added up yet the very aimlessness preconditioning my mind of sensory deprivation as a paid volunteer in the McGill experiment for the US Air Force (two CIA reps at the meeting) my ears sore from their earphones' amniotic hum my eyes under two bulging halves of ping pong balls arms covered to the tips with cardboard tubes those familiar hallucination I was the first to report as for example the string of cut-out paper men emerging from a manhole in the side of a snow-white hill distinctly two-dimensional Dr. Hebb himself reported that after just two to three days of such isolation the
